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Adam Chitwood was raised in Muscatine, Iowa. He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in business administration from Upper Iowa University and a master's degree in business analytics from University of Iowa. He currently lives in Thomasville, Georgia, with his wife. 

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Adam currently works as the senior manager of controllership at Walmart. He previously worked as a materials accounting manager at Nestlé Purina North America. Adam also has experience in various positions at HNI Corporation and Casey's General Stores. 

Adam's campaign for the Georgia State House of Representatives representing District 173 is his first time running for public office. 

Supports raising Georgia's minimum wage to $18/hour by 2030.

Endorses creating a Georgia Earned Income Tax Credit.

Plans to implement a child childcare tax credit of up to $2,000 per child for families whose income is under $150k.

Advocates for the expansion of SNAP and EBT benefits.

- Supports raising Georgia's minimum wage to $18/hour by 2030.
- Endorses creating a Georgia Earned Income Tax Credit.
- Plans to implement a child childcare tax credit of up to $2,000 per child for families whose income is under $150k.
- Advocates for the expansion of SNAP and EBT benefits.

Economy

As of July 23, 2026, Adam Chitwood’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports having the option of abortion, believing that "government has no place in our most painful medical decisions".

Supports the creation of a $200 million rural hospital fund.

- Supports having the option of abortion, believing that "government has no place in our most painful medical decisions".
- Supports the creation of a $200 million rural hospital fund.

Healthcare

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Believes in increasing teacher compensation by raising teacher pay statewide by $6,000 over two years and adding a $5,000 annual rural teacher incentive.

Advocates for the modernization of the Quality Basic Education formula to equitably distribute state funding for rural school districts and the expansion of career and technical education.

- Believes in increasing teacher compensation by raising teacher pay statewide by $6,000 over two years and adding a $5,000 annual rural teacher incentive.
- Advocates for the modernization of the Quality Basic Education formula to equitably distribute state funding for rural school districts and the expansion of career and technical education.

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Darlene is currently a member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing District 173. She was first elected in 2010. She is chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health.

Supports limited government involvement in the economy.

- Supports limited government involvement in the economy.

As of July 23, 2026, Darlene Kaye Taylor’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports the Second Amendment, which protects the right to keep and bear arms.

Darlene Kaye Taylor

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